Press release

Brazil proves too powerful for Argentina at World League

San Martín,
Argentina, June 14, 2013 – In a packed Polideportivo Torito Rodríguez with
5,600 fans in the stands Brazil took one more step in its undefeated streak
over Argentina.

For the first time
in history, Mendoza province served as a World League host, as the local crowd
tried to push their guys but in the end Brazil prevailed in straight sets
(20-25, 21-25 and 15-25).

Eder Carbonera,
Lucarelli and Leandro Vissotto led the scores with 14, 13 and 10 caps
respectively, forming a powerful offensive force for the away team. Brazil
climbed up to a 3-0 record on Pool A, while Argentina is 1-2.

A long serve by
Brazil on the first point showed what the beginning of the match was going to
be about: Argentina ceased the opponent’s errors with Castellani’s attacking
performance and jumped to an 8-6 lead. Brazil, however, quickly woke up (10-10)
and relied on Lucarelli to stretch the advantage to 13-16 at the second
timeout. And, in control of the actions, Brazil almost never fails. Vissotto
spiked off the local block to carry Brazil on to a 15-20 score and the South
American powerhouse kept the 5-points lead until the final spike by Dante,
closing the set on 20-25.

An outstanding set
by Bruno Rezende for a back-row spike by Lucarelli pushed Brazil to a 4-7 lead
that turned out to a 5-8 score at the first TTO. The Brazilian wing-spiker also
performed well in blocking and the away team comfortably went on to 6-11.
Argentina kept struggling: Rodrigo Quiroga fired an ace and Federico Pereyra
blocked well to narrow the gap to 10-13, but those three points remained
untouched to 13-16. Eder, who finished the set with 11 points, also played an
important role for Brazil in the second set, while the score evolved to a 16-20
in the final sprint. A failed local serve sealed the set (21-25).

With an almost
flawless attack, Brazil made it easy in the first moments of the third set
(6-8). Isac Santos, who filled the spot of the injured Lucao, served two
unstoppable shots and led the way for his team to 8-12, and a while later Leandro
Vissotto also scored with his serving (9-15). This time, Argentina showed signs
of defeat and fell behind to 10-19, giving Brazil enough edge to be cool
towards the victory. Dante and Lucarelli scored solid blocks and gave the match
to Brazil by 15-25.

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